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Еxpress-analysis of cooperation and knowledge transfer between industry and public research
At present the FP7 project "Knowledge Transfer Community to bridge the gap between research, innovation and business creation - NoGAP" is being implemented in Belarus. The NoGAP consortium is composed of 13 organizations from 6 countries of which 3 are EU members (Germany, Romania, Slovakia) and 3 are members of the Eastern Partnership (Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia).
Sitting of commission for establishing or changing tax rated for IEs
Initially, the draft “On establishing single tax rates for individual entrepreneurs and other individuals within base single tax rates for individual entrepreneurs and other individuals, approved by Tax Code of the Republic of Belarus” stipulated single tax rate increase by 40%.
With a glance of private discussion conducted, proposals of individual entrepreneurs and associations of entrepreneurs received, the commission approved a new draft, stipulating single tax rate augmentation by 14 – 18%. As individual entrepreneurs noted themselves, city authorities allowed for their proposals at most.
Belarus – Lithuania. Franchising opportunities
At the end of the seminar the opportunities for financing small and medium business were conferred. About this informed project manager of Vilnius region in АВ «Siauliubankas» Viktoras Budraitis.
Seminar on the issues of NBA in Sweden
Pensions reform
Second International Legal Forum for Commercial Arbitrage and International Trade Law
On November 29, 2013 on the initiative of the journal “Trade and Commercial Law”, the Association of Lawyers, International Arbitration Court of Belarusian Chamber of Trade and Commerce the Second International Legal Forum for Commercial Arbitrage and International Trade Law took place, during which the following topics were considered: 1) Lex Mercatoria: myth or the realms of international trade; 2) Force majeure and fixes conditions; 3) Arbitrary hearings. Arbitrability of an argument; 4) Independence and unbiasedness of arbiters.
In the forum work participated the Head of PA “MCAEE” juridical Department Vadim Borodulya.
Eastern Partnership Summit
“Brand4Baltic”
Practical conference “Business setting up and development. Franchising technology”
On November 20, 2013 concluding venue of the year in Belarusian franchising - practical conference “Business setting up and development. Franchising technology”. The conference was conducted in Minsk in the framework of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Belarus.